assassinate To
assassinate someone is to deliberately kill a very famous or important person such as a
political leader: ‘President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.’ A person who does
this is an
assassin. commit suicide To
commit suicide (or
take your own life) is to deliberately kill yourself: ‘Rather than be taken
prisoner, they preferred to commit suicide.’
destroy To
destroy an animal (or
have it put down/to sleep) is to kill it in a way that does not cause
pain, especially because it is sick or injured: ‘The cat had developed cancer and had to be
destroyed.’
kind of 1
There are many kind of job for people with qualifications.
There are many kinds of job for people with qualifications. I enjoy all kind of sport.
I enjoy all kinds of sport. Kind, sort and type are countable nouns. After many, all, these and other plural meanings, use kinds/sorts/types (WITH -s ): These kinds of fruit do not grow in cold climates.’ 2
Imprisonment is not a good way of reducing this kind of crimes.
Imprisonment is not a good way of reducing this kind of crime. Imprisonment is not a good way of reducing these kinds of crime/so kind/sort/type of + singular form: ‘this kind of envelope’ kinds/sorts/types of + singular or plural form: ‘these kinds of envelope/s’
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Note that after kinds/sorts/types of a plural form can sometimes sound awkward and careful users generally prefer a singular form.
